CVE-2022-44617
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Feb 6, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 25, 2025
- Reserved
- Jan 9, 2023
Description
A flaw was found in libXpm. When processing a file with width of 0 and a very large height, some parser functions will be called repeatedly and can lead to an infinite loop, resulting in a Denial of Service in the application linked to the library.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-20 >CWE-835
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
libXpmn/a |
|
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160193
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/commit/f80fa6ae47ad4a5beacb28
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxpm/-/merge_requests/9
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2023-January/003312.html
- [debian-lts-announce] 20230620 [SECURITY] [DLA 3459-1] libxpm security updatemailing-list
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